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4 August 20164 August 2016

From the PrincipalDear Parents, Carers, Staff Members and Students

The ‘X’ Factor

Our school is great because of the way that our schoolcommunity including our wonderful staff, parents andcommunity partners work together to deliver opportunities andmaintain and deliver high expectations for our students. Ourcommunity recognises the old proverb that ‘it takes a village toraise a child’ and that through our collective support, positiveactions and respectful words, that we are modelling to ourstudents the behaviours and expectations that we value. Thiscollective responsibility and positive action is what unites us inour pursuit of excellence and is the ‘X factor’ that separatesgood from great. Mudgeeraba SS is a great school, with greatstaff, great families and great students and it is a pleasure eachfortnight to celebrate this through our school newsletter and atour school assemblies.

NAPLAN 2016

Congratulations to the students and staff involved withNAPLAN 2016 as our school results demonstrate performancecomparable to, or above, the National mean in allassessment areas! Whilst there remains varied opinion aboutthe role and purpose of national assessment, Queenslandachieved some of its highest ever rankings. Highlights ofQueensland's NAPLAN results include:

Our school results reflect our effort and focus over the past 12months on extending students into the top performance bands.Staff and students should be congratulated as we have seen anincrease from last year in the percentage of student in the topperformance bands in:

Additionally we have seen an overall improvement in Year 3Grammar and Punctuation, Numeracy and Spelling, and Year 5Numeracy.

I congratulate all staff and students on another year ofsignificant and sustained improvement, which has beendemonstrated not only in NAPLAN results but in many otherachievements throughout the year. Individual students NAPLANreports will be sent home in the coming days.

Congratulations Netball Teams

Congratulations to our fantastic Netball teams. Our Year 4girls won the competition, winning the Grand Final againstWorongary, whilst our Year 6 girls were ‘Runners Up’ narrowlylosing to Hillcrest. Well done to all of the Netball girls; Year 4 -Lillian A-T, Leigh B, Kady G, Jada H, Tahnee K, Belle L, ImogenP, Jordan S, Ebony S and Charlotte W, Year 6 - Lilli-Mae B,Chloe F, Georgia K, Georgia B, Mia G, Nauvoo McP and RenaeT and coaches Mrs Overell, Mrs Stewart and Mrs Cowie.

• ranking first nationally in Year 3 Grammar andPunctuation (the first time that Queensland has everranked first in a test area)

• ranking second nationally in Year 3 Reading andNumeracy

• ranking second nationally in Year 5 Grammar andPunctuation

• ranking second nationally in Year 7 Spelling.

• Year 3 Reading, Grammar and Punctuation,Numeracy and Spelling

• Year 5 Reading and Numeracy.

Welcome Students and Staff from Hasuda,Japan

Our students excitedly met our Japanese visitors on Tuesdayas part of our sister-school arrangement with Hasuda - Japan.Nineteen students and three staff from Hasuda are spendingthe week visiting our school and staying with buddies as wepartner together to strengthen our collective knowledge andawareness of global citizenship. During their visit with us, thestudents have/will:

This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone involved and wepass on our appreciation to the families who have and continueto support this exchange program by opening up their homes.At the end of September, eleven Year 6 students fromMudgeeraba SS will be visiting Hasuda to undertake a similarexperience.

Outdoor Learning and Play-Space Project

Due to the commitment, hard work and support of our fantasticP&C, we have secured significant funding to rejuvenate someof our outdoor play and learning areas. An email was recentlysent to all parents including the concept plans for communityreview and feedback. The concept plans can also be found ondisplay behind the office. Thank you to the parents who havetaken the time to offer suggestions and advice. We encourageyou to have your say on this project by emailingmsslandscape@gmail.com by Wednesday 10 August.

Under 8’s Week Celebrations

Thank you Mr Maher and staff for your efforts organising andcelebrating U8’s Week. The kids have had a great time beingactively engaged in play and games. Thank you also to theparents who brought along a pet for the pet parade. We haveagain seen a variety of animals including dogs, cats, guineapigs, birds, fish, horses, rats, turtles, insects, mice and lizards.Check out the photos to see all the fun we have had.

Unexplained Absences and Same DayMessaging

Our school introduced same day messaging for all unexplainedabsences on Monday 25 July. To avoid unnecessary textmessages, parents are asked to ensure that all absences arecommunicated to the school prior to roll marking at 9am.Parents can notify the school in a number of ways:

If you do receive an unexplained absence message from theoffice, please ensure you respond as above so that we canensure all students are accounted for on a daily basis.

Music Students to Shine

Tonight, Thursday 4 August our music students are performingfor their parents at our annual Twilight Concert starting at6:30pm in the hall. Our Strings and Band students will soon becompeting at the Gold Coast Eisteddfod and this concert willgive our community a chance to hear some of the pieces theyhave been rehearsing.

Enterprise Bargaining Negotiations andQueensland Teachers’ Union Industrial Action

The Department of Education and Training (DET), QueenslandGovernment and Queensland Teachers’ Union (QTU) arecurrently negotiating a new enterprise bargaining agreement.Whilst it appears the negotiations are going well, there remainsthe possibility that the QTU will implement strike action. Whilstno strike action has been announced and negotiations appearto be productive, parents should be mindful that there remainsthe possibility of industrial action. Further information will beprovided if the QTU announces industrial action.

• participate in cooking classes and tasting treats suchas ANZAC cookies and sushi

• undertake lessons with their buddy’s class

• visit Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and ParadiseCountry

• stay with a homestay family and be immersed inAustralian life and culture

• utilise their language skills

• develop an understanding and appreciation fordifferent cultures.

• leaving a voice message on the school answeringservice 5569 1777 (outside office hours of 8am-4pm)

• phoning or visiting the office during office hours

• texting the school absence line on 61429659387(please note this is a text only service)

• emailing the office admin@mudgeerass.eq.edu.au

• sending a note to the office with a sibling

• communicating with the class teacher.

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School Fun Run

Mudgeeraba State School Simply the Best

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data

Attached to this newsletter is an information sheet for parentsregarding the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data. Thisannual collection counts the number of students with a disabilityas defined by the Disability Discrimination Act. The datacollection also considers the functional impact of disability andthe school adjustment to meet the student’s need. Individualstudent’s will not be identified. For further details please refer tothe attached fact sheet or contact our Head of Differentiation,Natalie Wynn.

Upcoming Events

(Stay up to date by visiting our website or downloading theQSchools App)

• Well done to our Year 4 students and staff whoparticipated in the recent indigenous studiesexcursion to Jacobs Well and Stradbroke Island. Lastweek I received a phone call from Mr Steve Rowell,the Principal of Jacobs Well Environmental EducationCentre, personally congratulating our students andstaff on the manner they engaged in the program andon the behaviour they displayed.

• Congratulations Seth Q who has qualified for theAustralian Dirt Track (Oil) Championships in the sportof motorbike racing.

• 4 August:- District Track and Field (select students) -POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER- U8’s Week Pet Parade (Years 1 & 2)- Music Twilight Concert 6:30pm start in the hall

• 5 August:- Whole school assembly 9am (hall)- Fun Run 11:30am-1pm

• 8 August: Class Maths Championships commence

• 9 August:- Strings at the Gold Coast Eisteddfod- Year 3 Midginbil Hill Camp (Tues/Wed 3KR, 3C, 3B)

• 10 August: Prep Pirate Park excursion PH & PD

• 11 August:- Year 3 Midginbil Hill Camp (Thurs/Fri 3R, 3D, 3C)- Oceanic Track&Field Final- Years 5/6 Human Relationship Education HRE (sexed.) commences- 5:30pm Robina SHS enrolment evening (RobinaSHS)

• 12 August: Prep Pirate Park excursion PS, PC & PB

• 15 August:- (Week of) School Maths Championship- Junior and Senior Bands at Gold Coast Eisteddfod

• 23 August: Rugby league - NRL Challenge day

• 26 August: Gold Coast Show Holiday

• 28 August: Optiminds Griffith University

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Yours sincerely

Daniel DukePrincipal

From the Classrooms

Prep

Ahoy, me hearties! This term in Prep, we have been immersedin learning all about Pirates for English and learning about theweather for Science. The Playful Penguins have enjoyed doinglots of pirate related craft, singing pirate songs, role-playingpirate games and reading and retelling pirate stories. Thechildren have been using pirate related vocabulary such as'cutlass, Jolly Roger, skull and cross bones, crows nest,treasure chest etc. in their independent writing. They have beenusing the SSP posters and SSP sound clouds to help themto code maps and spell pirate words. We are really lookingforward to our excursion to the Pirate Park at Currumbin and toour Pirate Day when we come to school dressed as pirates andwe get to see Captain Jellybean's Pirate show.

In Science, we have been singing the weather song each dayand keeping a weather journal to record the daily weather andtemperature. We have also made rainbows and investigatedclouds.

Year 1

1BR

This term in Year 1, the Brainy Rockets have been sharingspecial events as part of our History Unit. The students wereasked to bring in one significant item that reminded them of

an event or important milestone in their lives. These are thememories we have shared so far.

Year 2

2KK - Flower Fraction Artwork

As part of our Maths focus on partitioning into equal groups,the Knowledgeable Koalas have enjoyed some fun hands-onartwork in the classroom, making Flower Fractions. The flowersin the artwork are made from paper circles that are partitionedequally into halves, quarters and eights and arranged to looklike flowers on the end of a stem. The students have then addedtheir individual style to each picture by drawing a colourful potand background decoration. Our classroom is now brightenedwith beautiful Flower Fractions that not only look nice, but alsohelp us learn about partitioning into halves, quarters and eights.

Year 5

5OS and 5DS

This term, in English, 5OS and 5DS are studying ‘FANTASY’Genre. We are reading the novel, entitled ‘FORESTS OFSILENCE’, the first book in the ‘DELTORA QUEST’ Series,written by well know children’s author, EMILY RODDA. We arelistening to an audio version of the book and also reading ourown copies as well.

We are focusing on the Protagonist (main character), JARRED,as we will be writing a character analysis on him later in theterm, as our major assessment item in English. We are lookingat his character traits, which involves the study of ‘TIER 2VOCABULARY (a higher level of adjectives and verbs), certainliterary devices, such as similes and metaphors and choosingappropriate quotes from the story as supporting evidence in ourwriting.

We are looking forward to see what is going to happen to thepoor citizens of Deltora, as they face the evil Shadow Lord, andsee how Jarred and King Endon can hopefully save their city.

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Year 6

6GC

Early in Term 3, 6GH participated in activities and discussionabout NAIDOC week.

‘I love NAIDOC week because I love learning about aboriginalart. I find it so interesting that they use different patterns anddesigns which represent natural elements.’

The class also viewed ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’, a movie set inWestern Australia in 1931. Three aboriginal girls were snatchedfrom their mother and housed in a government camp to be‘re-educated’ as domestic staff. Molly, the eldest, conducts anescape and heads home along the fence.

Word Bank - The Stolen Generation

Homes destroyed, unfair treatment, taken, frustrating to seesuch racism, anger, discrimination, torn generations, sadnessfor the founders of this harsh land, torment, cruelty, emotions,exhaustion, missions, lacking in rights, mourning, fear, sense

of loss, resentful, scary, culture, inhabitants, traditional

Jace and Ella displaying some of the completed artwork.Thanks Miss Jensen for the original.

Senior Shirts 2016

Tuesday 2 August saw quick changes as we now look betterthan ever in our new senior shirts. Here we are - front and back:

STEM News

On Sunday 14 August an exciting thing is going to happen!!A Pop-Up Science Centre will appear at the Sports Centre,Runaway Bay. There will be lots of fabulous things toexperience and see, so if Science, Technology, Engineering orMaths (STEM) is your thing, be sure to make your way downbetween 11am and 3pm.

Music Program

Well done to Amy, Lahlula, Lana and Jemma who sang inthe Vocal Solo section of the Gold Coast Eisteddfod on theweekend. All girls sang beautifully and gained some valuableexperience.

Best wishes to the Vocal Group who I know will performwonderfully at the Twilight Concert tonight and the JapaneseAssembly tomorrow.

What’s on at Mudgeeraba State School?

MATHS BEE

Mudgeeraba State School Maths Competition

This is our third year of the School Maths Competition, TheMudgeeraba State School MATHS BEE.

All children engaged in the regular classroom program areexpected to participate.

The timelines will be as follows:

Class finalists determined - inclassrooms

8 - 12 August

Year level Champions - in thehall

• Year 2: Monday 15 Augustat 9am

• Year 3: Monday 15 Augustat 10am

• Year 4: Monday 15 Augustat 11.30am

• Year 6: Monday 15 Augustat 12.30pm

• Year 5: Friday 19 August at9am

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• Year 1: Friday 19 August at10am

This is an opportunity to partner with your child and theireducation. You might like to put the number facts around thehouse, rehearse them together as a family or create Mathsgames, in preparation for your child’s participation at the classlevel.

It is vital that parents are supportive of this competition andappreciate that it is designed to give children furtheropportunities as future mathematicians.

Calendar of Events

To find out what events and activities are happening atMudgeeraba State School parents are encouraged todownload the QSchools app or view the school webpage viathe link below. All school events posted on our school webpageare linked to the QSchools App. The QSchools app is aconvenient way to receive up-to-the-minute information fromQueensland state schools.

http://www.mudgeerass.eq.edu.au/

How do I Download the QSchools App?

To download the app visit the application store for your device:

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

Weeks 3 and 4

Setting: Classroom

Expectation: I am RESPECTFUL

Skill: I am Respectful whenI…

• Listen politely andfollow instructions fromall teachers.

• Raise my hand tospeak and wait my turn.

• Use appropriate voicelevels in all classroomsituations.

• Allow my teacher toteach and otherstudents to learnwithout distraction.

• Look after other’sproperty.

From the P&C

Mudgeelicious Menu

Uniform Store

• iPhone/iPad

• Android

• Windows phone

• Windows PC

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From the Office

Excursions / Incursions and Event PaymentReminders

Excursion

/

Incursion

Year

Level

Date of

Event

Payment

Cut-Off

Amount

SexualHealth andEducation

Years5 & 6

Commencing8/8

Paymentno longeraccepted

-

Pirate Park Prep PD,PH - 10/8

PS,PC,PB -12/8

Paymentno longeraccepted

-

Camp -Midginbil

Hill OutdoorEd Centre

Year 3 3KR,3C,3B,3K- 9/8 to 10/8

3D,3G,3R -11/8 to 12/8

Paymentno longeraccepted

-

PirateSecret

TreasureShow

Prep 30/7 Mon 15August

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For your convenience please find attached a copy of thepermission notes relating to the above mentioned excursion.

Please be advised that payments forExcursions, Incursions and School Campswill NOT be accepted after the cut-off date.To ensure that parents/caregivers are given as much noticeas possible your child’s teacher will receive regular financereports showing who has/has not yet paid, excursion cut-offdates will be published fortnightly in the newsletter, the schooloffice will send a text message to relevant year levels to remindparents of the cut-off dates and communication will be madeto parents/caregivers by the class teacher if payment remainsoutstanding prior to the cut-off date.

To assist families in making sure payments are made prior tocut-off dates, parents/caregivers are able to make depositsinto the school’s account to accumulate a credit balancewhich can then be applied to excursions, incursions andschool camps as they arise. This credit balance can also beachieved by arranging a Centrepay deduction. Please cometo the school office to complete a Centrepay Deduction form.

If paying for excursions etc. is financially difficult, pleasespeak with one of the Deputy Principals before cut-offdates.

The Payment Window is open on Mondays, Wednesdays andFridays between 8:00am to 10:00am ONLY. Cash or Eftposwill not be accepted at any other time.

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For your convenience internet banking can be made at anytime - Please note that Direct Deposits must be made atleast 2 days prior to the cut-off date. If your payment hasnot been received by the cut-off date your child will notattend the excursion, incursion or camp.

Administration of Student Medication

Administering Medication at School

If your child requires staff to administer medication to your childat school, please contact the school office in the first instanceto discuss your child’s requirements.

Please note, school staff will only administer medication that:

Office staff will ask you to complete and sign Section 1 of theAdministration of medication at school record sheet.

N.B. If your child requires more than one medication, you willneed to complete a form for each medication.

Providing Medication to the School

Before you provide the school with your child’s medication,check the expiry date to ensure it is in-date and there is enoughfor the agreed time period. It is also a good idea to take a noteof the expiry date so that you can replace the medication beforeit expires.

Please note, school staff will not administer medication thatyou can buy over-the-counter at chemists and supermarkets(e.g. paracetamol, eye drops, cough syrup) unless it has beenprescribed by your child’s qualified health practitioner. Forexample, the school would administer paracetamol to a studentonly if it has been prescribed by their dentist to be taken for ashort time after dental treatment.

School staff are bound by these regulations and we hope thatall parents will acknowledge and cooperate with these rules.

It is safer for all students if you can provide medication tothe school in person (rather than send medication with thestudent). If you can’t provide the medication in person, contactthe school to determine the easiest and safest approach for theschool to receive the medication.

If you believe your child is capable of self-administering theirown medication at school, please contact the office.

When your child’s medication is no longer required to be keptat school, please collect all unused medication.

Community News

Free Playgroup Membership for QueenslandFamilies

All Queensland families who register with PlaygroupQueensland before their child’s first birthday can now receivea free 12-month family membership as part of the QueenslandGovernment’s Play Stars initiative. With more than 60,000babies born in Queensland each year, Play Stars will benefitmany new families by creating more opportunities for children tolearn through play, while supporting parents and carers in theirrole as first teachers.

The Play Stars initiative is an action from the Advancingeducation: An action plan for education in Queensland and willbe delivered in partnership with Playgroup Queensland overthe next five years. Register online or visit the PlaygroupQueensland website for more information.

• Has been prescribed by a qualified health practitioner(e.g. doctor, dentist);

• is in its original container;

• has an attached pharmacy label.

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BMD Northcliffe Surf Club

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